Published 17:55 IST, February 8th 2023
Harbhajan Singh gives befitting reply to user's 'wise' comment; 'Waise Rohit is very...'
Ahead of the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy former cricketer Harbhajan Singh has given a fantastic reply to a random user on Twitter.
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Border-Gavaskar Trophy is about to start on Thursday and many cricket experts have started to predict ir playing XI's. Former cricketer Harbhajan Singh also predicted his playing XI and main key point and highlight of his team was that he had excluded vice-captain KL Rahul and included Shubman Gill as opener.
One big change in Harbhajan's playing XI for 1st Test
In a tweet, Harbhajan revealed his playing XI for first Test and made a big call to exclude Rahul and start with Shubman.
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'Wise nahi Hota .. vice hota hai ..'
After Harbhajan declared his playing XI, many reactions from fans also started coming. One of Twitter users wrote, "Where is wise captain" to which Harbhajan replied, "Wise nahi Hota .. vice hota hai .. waise Rohit is very wise captain." user was apparently pointing toward Rahul, who is Team India's vice-captain in series.
tweet was later deleted by user.
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Talking about Harbhajan's selection, he had already explained in a video uploaded on his Youtube channel why he would pick Shubman Gill ahead of KL Rahul. Harbhajan speaking on his YouTube channel had said,
" opening partnership is most important thing. Openers set tone in any series. According to me, India's openers in Australia series should be Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. form he is in, Gill is on ar level. Even though KL Rahul is a top player, his stats in 2022 are t favouring him at moment. Whereas Gill is in form of his life. He has shattered multiple records in recent months."
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Throwing weight behind Gill during discussion, Harbhajan highlighted batting stats of Indian opener. In India's previous home assignment, opener Gill became fifth Indian to score centuries across all formats of game. “If Team India wants to win this Test series, n Shubman Gill should open with Rohit Sharma."
KL Rahul had been an integral part of Indian Test team for a long time and has been a permanent opener since 2021. He has played many match-winning innings and has also captained Team India in last series. Shubman Gill has also performed well in limited-overs format and scored a century in his last Test against Bangladesh.
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first Test of Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts on 9th February in Nagpur.
17:56 IST, February 8th 2023